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  1. Re:that'd be one expensive hat on Fedora 9 Would Cost $10.8B To Build From Scratch · · Score: 1

    i bet it wouldn't be anywhere near bowler, colorado

  2. that'd be one expensive hat on Fedora 9 Would Cost $10.8B To Build From Scratch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i didn't realize that the market for felt was so harsh these days

  3. Re:Rat hearted overlords? on Stem Cells From Fat Create Beating Heart Cells · · Score: 1

    On-topic... If we can generate stem-cells applicable to human research trans-specially, who other than PETA would continue to object?

    there are plenty of people out there who believe in the sanctity and purity of the human body. so they'd protest on those grounds. and PETA probably wouldn't have a problem with the treatment because from what it sounds like, the stem cells would be applied to the human heart along with human heart muscle cells. no rats or other animals involved. other than in the experiments that created the treatment

  4. Re:What a great example! on Number of ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy Is 37,964 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    or if he was using an unpatched version of excel 2008

  5. Re:Simulating... on Saudi Arabia Begins To Realize Supercomputer Ambitions · · Score: 1

    They'll be following in a lot of footsteps. Landing the planes in flightsims was always the hardest part. But maybe next time, they won't have to pay for actual flight school lessons.

  6. Re:Unsolved Cyber Crime on The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame · · Score: 1

    The greatest unsolved computer exploits are the ones that no one ever discovered.

    greatest known unsolved exploits maybe?

  7. Re:Forgive my ignorance on 45th Known Mersenne Prime Found? · · Score: 1

    what you haven't realized is that she's blinking a prime number of times!

  8. Re:Oops, Oort. on First Oort Cloud Object May Have Been Discovered · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but if a comet with the mass of a planet were to strike the earth, I don't think anyone would be doing much of anything after the impact.

  9. Re:Boats on Batman Discussion · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Does anyone else think that the triggers would have set off their own boat?

  10. Website protection rackets on Cybercrime Organizational Structures Evolve · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ok buddy, this is how it's going to work. You're going to pay us 10% of the profits you get off your google ads. What we're going to do for you is make sure that no one else is out there pushing in on your corner of the market. We'll even set up a bunch of other sites that refer people to your site to increase your business.

    If you don't pay up, we'll vandalize your page, buy your domain out from under you and unplug your server.

  11. I did some work and I cracked his password on Disgruntled Engineer Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System · · Score: 1

    09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0

    It seems somehow...familiar.

  12. I could have sworn she was a socialist on Nancy Pelosi vs. the Internet · · Score: 1

    not a communist. Hey Nancy, in Soviet Russia, internet censors you!

  13. Re:Waiting on Who is Winning the Web Talent War · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Oh god. Can you imagine the wait until Internet '95 though?

  14. Re:Library of Alexandria, VA on Expensive Books Inspire P2P Textbook Downloads · · Score: 2, Funny

    I live in Alexandria. The public libraries here blow. You wouldn't get anyone in the area to use the software. And since the libraries here are so bad, they wouldn't know that there is another Alexandria that was meant!

  15. Other gender bonuses to offset? on AoC Bug Penalizes Female Characters? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has anyone checked to see if there is a gender bonus for female characters who have tailoring or cooking professions?

  16. Pointless posting? on World of Warcraft Arena PvP Season 4 Announced · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you play WoW, you probably already knew this. If you regularly PvP in WoW, you definitely already knew this. If you don't play WoW, you probably don't care about this.

    Go ahead and mod me troll, but seriously...this is news?

  17. I found the encryption sequence! on Using Distributed Computing To Thwart Ransomware · · Score: 2, Funny

    It took me a bit of work, but I think I got it. Can someone double check my work? This is the key that I came up with:

    09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

  18. Re:In the US no one wants to buy light cars on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    I feel perfectly safe driving my 97 Saturn SL2. The car weighs less than most other 4 door cars made at the same time and has just as high a crash test rating as they do, and still gets me 25-30 mpg depending on where I'm driving.

  19. I was first on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 0, Troll

    My instruments clearly show that my post was made and appeared before any other posts.

  20. Re:hang on! on Paper Stronger Than Cast Iron · · Score: 1

    No, but it does finally explain how paper beats rock!

  21. summary on How Tech-Savvy Will the Next President Be? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Net neutrality:
    McCain - let the markets handle it
    Obama - legislate it

    Broadband Availability:
    McCain - increased access via competition
    Obama - re-define 'broadband', move toward universal service, increase availability at schools & libraries

    H1B visas:
    McCain - increase the number of them
    Obama - full immigration overhaul, produce more American-born tech workers, make workers less dependent on their employers

    Intellectual Property Protection:
    McCain - gov't handles blatant abuses, works against protectionism
    Obama - increase cooperation on international standards

    Privacy:
    McCain - immunity for companies that cooperated with warrentless wiretapping
    Obama - expand the FTC to cooperate with international agencies to track cyber-criminals

  22. my favorite on Happy Birthday! X86 Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 1

    When I was an undergrad 4 years ago, I took an assembly class as part of my comp sci minor. The class was based around the 8086 architecture, and it was my single favorite comp sci class. I learned more about how computers and software work in that one class than in all the other class I took, combined (though I'm looking forward to hearing someone say that I must not have learned much in my other classes.)

    Not to start the argument over what should be taught first to students, but I sometimes think that comp sci degrees should start by teaching the 8086 assembler language just because it provides a very clear picture of what higher level languages are actually doing once they are compiled.

  23. Re:I am Jack's on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 1

    I have now, but it was a wasted trip. I don't use OS X

  24. I am Jack's on McAfee Picks the Most Dangerous TLDs · · Score: 1

    complete lack of surprise.

    I don't think I've ever been to a .info site.

  25. Re:My biggest problem with Kurzweil on Kurzweil on the Future · · Score: 0, Troll

    The fun things about predicting the future is that people only pay attention when you get it right.